PSYC 3050 Study Guide - Conscientiousness, Job Performance
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It" an abstract concept: very complex and never completely accessible (thorndike, 1949, try to do our best by approaching this goal or ultimate criterion. Not included in every job, but every job can be described by some combination of these eight dimensions. Based on data collected with the army over a period of years. If performance is multidimensional, how do we make organizational decisions: create a composite criterion. But what is the construct now: purpose becomes important. Dynamic criteria: performance levels change over time, these changes occur in both absolute and relative ways, trying to assess a moving target can be quite difficult affects the validity of our selection batteries. Distinction between required on-the-job behaviors and valued, but not required, behaviors. Categorical schemes: enthusiasm, volunteering, helping, civic virtue, and defending the organization (b&m, conscientiousness, altruism, sportsmanship, ivic virtue, and. Task activities vary across jobs, contextual behaviors are similar across jobs.
